WTAE: Clearview Student-Athlete Of The Week: Anna Kestler, Mt. Lebanon

In each of the past four seasons the Mt. Lebanaon girls' basketball team has ended their season in the same place: the PIAA Class AAAA championship game at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center.

In the past three trips the Blue Devils came back with the state championship trophy, the latest being a 47-46 win against Archbishop Carroll last weekend.

Senior point guard Anna Kestler is one of only two players on the Mt. Lebanon roster -- and one of few ever in western Pennsylvania -- to have played in four state championship games.

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• www.wtae.com/high-school-playbook/27388047/detail.html (WTAE)

P-G: Kestler, Cable trying to lead Mt. Lebanon to third title in a row

The PIAA history book is open. Pages are blank, possibly the spot for the Mt. Lebanon girls basketball team.

Madison Cable and Anna Kestler could be co-authors of this chapter.

Mt. Lebanon plays in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game tonight at Penn State against Archbishop Carroll of Philadelphia. With a win, Mt. Lebanon will become only the second girls team in WPIAL history to win three PIAA titles in a row. North Catholic won three in Class AAA from 1993-95. No WPIAL boys team has won three in a row.

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11084/1134485-361.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

P-G: Mt. Lebanon guard big leader

At 5 feet 5, Mt. Lebanon senior guard Anna Kestler never towers over anybody on the basketball court.

But she is a big leader for the Blue Devils.

Kestler, the starting point guard, will lead Mt. Lebanon (23-6) in a PIAA Class AAAA semifinal against Lower Merion (26-5) at 7 p.m. today in Chambersburg.

"She's a great floor general," Blue Devils coach Dori Oldaker said.

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11081/1133697-361.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Trib: Mt. Lebo exacts revenge on Shaler for WPIAL final loss

Mt. Lebanon's Anna Kestler knew her Blue Devils had left something at Palumbo Center a couple weeks ago, and they've wanted it back ever since.

They found it Friday night.

"We were coming back to get what we thought was ours," Kestler said after yesterday's lopsided 65-39 victory over Shaler in the PIAA Class AAAA quarterfinals at North Allegheny. It was Shaler that won the WPIAL title 13 days earlier, keeping Mt. Lebanon from winning a third straight league title.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_728191.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Trib: Mt. Lebanon regains winning form

In her first three seasons, Mt. Lebanon guard Anna Kestler experienced just six losses.

Through the first 14 games of her senior season, the two-time defending state champion Blue Devils have five defeats.

"We're not used to having as many losses as we have," Kestler said.

The Blue Devils aren't quite used to being as young as they are, either. Kestler is one of three seniors on the roster, and the team has three new starters this winter.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/s_719690.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)